Oilers able to sign centre

It was a case of sign him or lose him for the Edmonton Oilers and Milan Kytnar.

The Oilers had until yesterday to sign the 20-year-old native of Topolcany, Slovakia, otherwise he would have gone back into the NHL Entry Draft as an overage player.

NHL teams have two years to come to terms with draft picks.

The Oiler and Kytnar were able to come to agree on a three-year entry level contract.

Kytnar was the Oilers fifth pick - 127 overall - in the 2007 draft.

Last season, the six-foot, 180-pound centre scored 27 goals and added 37 assists for 64 points in 65 games with the Saskatoon Blades. The previous season, Kytnar collected 22 points in 62 games with the Kelowna Rockets.

That's some puck

DETROIT -- Every player that scores his first NHL goal keeps the puck. But very few of them look like the one Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader took home after scoring on Marc-Andre Fleury in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup on Saturday night.